Main dishes

Paprika chicken in a lemony sauce is the weeknight dinner formula perfected: paprika-crusted chicken seared crisp, finished in the oven,...

Camarones a la veracruzana — Shrimp Veracruz — captures the story of Veracruz on one plate: Mexican tomatoes and chilies...

Caçoila (say it “kah-SOY-lah”) is the Azores’ great slow-cooked pork — and thanks to Azorean emigration, it is as famous...

Pork picadinho is the beef version’s equally beloved sibling (that recipe is also on the site): cubes of pork shoulder...

Picadinho — “little chopped pieces” — is tavern food from the old school: small cubes of beef simmered with wine,...

Feijoada transmontana is the feijoada of my family’s homeland — Trás-os-Montes, where winters are long, smokehouses are serious, and bean...

Feijoada is Iberian bean-and-pork wisdom perfected: white beans and a full cast of pork — shoulder, bacon, smoked sausage, maybe...

Arroz de tomate is the rice Portuguese children grow up on and Portuguese adults never outgrow: creamy, tangy tomato rice...

Cachupa pobre is the everyday soul of Cape Verde’s national dish: the same slow-simmered hominy corn and beans as its...

Cachupa is Cape Verde’s national dish, and cachupa rica is its Sunday best: hominy corn and beans slow-simmered with pork,...